Gold Market Update; Greek Economy in Ruins
Source: Clive Maund  (11/6/11)
"World leaders are cornered and only have one card left to play in the intractable global debt crisis fiasco, which is to continue to procrastinate with full-on Quantitative Easing." More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (11/6/11)
"Silver did what was expected of it last week, by reacting back to support in the $33.50 area." More >

Vikas Ranjan: Junior Gold Equities to Watch
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (11/4/11)
Junior gold explorers from British Columbia to Colombia are poised to pounce. And they are not your ordinary explorers. The Ubika Gold 50 Index has uncovered one explorer that also produces; another has a "fully earned option" with Goldcorp. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Vikas Ranjan, managing director and principal, Ubika Research, reveals why these companies make a compelling case for success. More >

How Long Will Gold Miners Lag Bullion Prices?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (11/4/11)
"Gold miners believe that gold prices will rise, and it shows by the dividend policies taking place in the industry." More >

Economic Insights from a Lord of Finance
Source: David Galland, Casey Research   (11/4/11)
"The only way to resolve the sort of problems we're facing is through growth, and if you don't get growth, then the policy makers will continue to debase the currency." More >

One Man's Mission: Building the World's Safest Bank
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (11/4/11)
"Eric Sprott, the billionaire resource investment guru, is buying 51% of Ontario currency trader Continental Currency Exchange Corp., with the aim of making it into a financial institution that, refreshingly, will not make loans."
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Confusion on Rare Earths: Setting It Straight
Source: Jon Hykawy, Resource Investor  (11/4/11)
"While some of the hype may be over, some of the air may have been let out of the stock bubble in rare earths, we note that the industry itself is just beginning to grow." More >

Gold Hovers as Dollar's Dominance Wavers
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (11/4/11)
"A chaotic session on Thursday brought gains for all four precious metals; gold was range-bound around $1,758/oz." More >

Neal Dingmann: Oil Explorers and Producers Hedge for Profit
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report  (11/3/11)
Energy prices could be lower next year, but SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Analyst Neal Dingmann is finding both value and growth in small, hedged explorers and producers and in larger companies with cash on hand. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Dingmann shares his favorite names. More >

Marin Katusa: Top Energy Stocks by Sector
Source: Special to The Energy Report  (11/3/11)
Marin Katusa, senior editor of Casey Energy Opportunities, spoke at the Casey Research/Sprott Inc. "When Money Dies" Summit and named the companies he sees as the best opportunities in the energy sector today. In this excerpt from his remarks, he gives background, warnings and targets that could help any investor trying to make money in energy. More >

A Potash Milestone
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (11/3/11)
"Over the next fifty years, as we add another 4.5 billion people to the world's population, global demand for food will increase almost 70% if population growth predictions are correct." More >

The Elusive MLP Free Lunch
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP Hindsight  (11/3/11)
"Researching individual stocks is not a core competency of many advisors, and cheap, liquid ETFs make hiring a manager unattractive." More >

Michael Berry: Questions to Ask Every Mining Company
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (11/2/11)
Could a few simple questions help you find winners in the mining space? Dr. Michael Berry, publisher of Morning Notes, thinks so. Berry has taken years of experience picking resource stocks and boiled it down to key questions he asks of every company. He has refined his Discovery Investing philosophy into the Discovery Investing Scoreboard software, which debuts for investors in January at the Cambridge House Symposium in Vancouver. Berry turns his high-powered analysis toward the European debt crisis and what it means for gold in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. More >

The EU Flunks The Test
Source: Giuseppe L. Borrelli  (11/2/11)
"The question now becomes is the real market the one that rallied for more than two weeks or the one that turned down yesterday?" More >

Jeb Handwerger: Rare Earths, No Easy Substitutes
Source: Jeb Handwerger for The Critical Metals Report  (11/1/11)
Light, strong rare earth elements (REEs) revolutionized the digital era and changed the face of our everyday lives. Even as shortages loom and companies scramble to find low-cost solutions, these critical materials cannot be easily replaced, nor can opportunities in this sector be dismissed. In this special for The Critical Metals Report, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger calls attention to mainstream media's shortcomings in its REE sector coverage and profiles one company already making headlines. More >

Rob Chang: Uranium Stocks Powering Up
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (11/1/11)
While Germany and Switzerland have made headlines with sudden phase-out plans, world leaders from North America to Africa to Asia have reaffirmed their commitment to nuclear power as a low-carbon, low-cost energy solution. Development plans continue for the industry, and the long-term growth picture shows continued uranium demand. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Rob Chang discusses prospects for both junior and major uranium developers and producers, and which companies could be the next belle of the bidding war ball. More >

The Two Best Investments in U.S. Oil Security
Source: Keith Kohl, Energy and Capital  (11/1/11)
"Canada is easily our largest source for oil, shipping us more than 2.6 million barrels every day." More >

The Narrowing Spread Means Higher Crude
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (11/1/11)
"The key to redressing the price imbalance may not be in the market dynamics at all, but in the way some traders have been playing them." More >

Costless, Limitless, Meaningless Money, Part I
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (10/31/11)
"No credit event, no CDS payments and no scramble to find out who's carrying the can." More >

How Will Precious Metals React to the EU Bailout Plan?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (10/31/11)
"Gold and silver are hedges against the debt-ridden world that we live in. As investors lose confidence in governments and countries, precious metal prices will continue to rise." More >

The New Steel Silk Road
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (10/31/11)
"Given the fact that Eurasia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa comprise most of the world's population will The New Steel Silk Road be the building block for a truly developed global economy?" More >

Argentina Rule Change Casts a Dark Shadow over the Mining Industry
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (10/31/11)
"The environment now has an air of uncertainty about it, the lack of a level playing field will deter many investors and encourage them to look and invest in what are perceived to be mining friendly jurisdictions." More >

David Goguen: Four Latin American Junior Takeover Targets Identified
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (10/31/11)
Junior gold explorers are in a predicament; despite record gold bullion prices, stock valuations are suffering. Many of them, even those on the heels of exciting discoveries, are faced with either rounding up the cash and teams needed to build out mines themselves or turning the projects over to companies with the money and infrastructure already in place. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, David Goguen, director of institutional sales at PI Financial in Vancouver, discusses the merger and acquisition landscape. More >

Gold Plunges after Yen Move
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (10/31/11)
"'Given that this week's improvement merely erases the deterioration of the previous week, the speculative market still appears to be cautious about gold's short-term prospects'" More >

Chris Martenson: Peak Oil Could Limit Economic Growth
Source: Chris Martenson for The Energy Report  (10/31/11)
Exponential debt increases coupled with limited natural resources mean that we are in a predicament. This is the message The Crash Course Author Chris Martenson delivered at the Casey Research/Sprott Inc. summit, "When Money Dies." As an economic researcher, Chris considers the "Three E's" that shape our future: Economy, Energy and the Environment. In the below presentation, "Unfixable," Chris explains to Energy Report readers why these indicators suggest a global economic slowdown. Read on. More >